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6 Leadership Tips for First-time Managers to Step Up Your Game!

HR Digest

A study by Gallup, “The State of the American Manager,” found that half (50%) of all Americans have left a job to “get away from their manager at some point in their career.”. Micromanagement. Micromanagement happens when you don’t trust your team. Do not miss the forest for the trees. But all this is humanly impossible.

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More than Just a Fat Paycheck: How to Improve Employee Satisfaction

HR Digest

A survey by the Society for Human Resource Management found that companies with engaged employees are 20% more profitable than those with disengaged employees. Provide Opportunities for Growth: Employees want to see a clear career path in front of them. Give them autonomy and the chance to make decisions.

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Key HR practices that drive corporate goals

HR Digest

And in recent times, Human Resource practices have included flexible working time, dress code, fun programs at work, employee trust, avoiding micromanagement , etc. One is the “best fit” school of thought which emphasis on human resource policies aligning with business strategies as a means of adding value.

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How to Deal With a Bossy Coworker

Lead from Within

Micromanagement is bad enough when it comes from a manager, but it’s even worse coming from a peer. Enlist the help of your supervisor or a human resources manager if your colleague’s behavior is interfering with your work. A bossy coworker can make life in the workplace frustrating and even difficult.

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Under-Management Is the Flip Side of Micromanagement — and It’s a Problem Too

Harvard Business Review

Micromanagement gets most of the attention, but under-management may be just as big a problem. And I well remember one of my own company’s Human Resource VP’s exclaiming in frustration, “The trouble with our managers is that too often they just don’t manage!” Chalermphon Kumchai/EyeEm/Getty Images.

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Leadership Development Paradox

Coaching Tip

Learning how to not micromanage, not be overly concrete, not fail to explicitly state expectations and other unproductive inter-personal behavior only happens through the increased self-awareness gained in a personal coaching or mentoring relationship. For all the money spent on them, many still don't know if leadership programs work.

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3 Transitions Even the Best Leaders Struggle With

Harvard Business Review

I’m no different: I’ve spent my career helping executives succeed, either through coaching and development or assessments of their strengths and opportunity areas to identify the development work they need to do to take their careers to the next level. C-suite leaders are at the apex of their careers.